Extension-arm.



B. F. GROUT.

EXTENSION ARM.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.3. 1914.

1,15,1. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

ATTORNEYS .B'EON FISK GEQUT, 0F DERBY, VEMONT,

Liane-re,

- Application filed october 3, rare. serial No. coarse.

To all whom c't may concern:

Be it known that l, BARTON l GROUT, a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Derby, in the county of Orleans and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Extension-Arm, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to hand loralre levers such as are used on automobiles at the Ford or other type, and its object is to provide a new and improvedextension arm arranged to permit the driverof the automoloile to conveniently reach and manipulate the hand lever without bending down as is now required and practised, and which action is especially inconvenient for women and portly persons.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of an extension arm having means at one end for attachment to the lever to be manipulated and provided at either end with an angular handle adapted to he taken hold of,-by the driver of the car for manipulatingthe hand lever. a

A practical, embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a 'part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding-parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an extension arm as applied to the hand brake lever of an automobile of the Ford type; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The extension arm A is provided at one end with spaced clamping memherslB adapted to he clamped onto the handle C of a hand lever D fulcrumed at E on the automobile and connected in the usual manner with the brake mechanism so that when the lever D is swung rearward the hralres are applied in the usual manner. The hand lever lil is usually inclined upwardly and forwardly in front of the driver, as indicated in Fig. 1,

and it is dificult and inconvenient for women and portly persons to reach the handle 0 whenever it is desired to swing the lever D rearward for applying the brakes. The arm A is attached to the handle C approximately at a right angle thereto so that the said arm extends upwardly and rearwardly toward the person, and the arm A is provided at its upper end with an angular handle F adapted to he taken hold of by Patented oea a; ra n till position by a suitable locking device or ranged as follows: In close proximity to the handle F is arranged a locking lever G connected 'by a link H with a bell crank lever l lulcrumed on the. arm Anearthe lower end thereof, and the said bell crank lever l is pivotally connected with the stem J of a locking loolt J adapted to engage a notched segmentli attached to the automobile The linlr ll slidahly engages a hearing L held on the arm A and a spring N is coiled on the huh ll and ahuts with one end on the said hearing L and rests atits other end on a collar 0 adjustably secured by a set screw or other means to the link By the arrangement described the locking holtd is normally held in looking engagement with the segment K, but when the locking lever G is pressed at the time thedriver takes hold of the handleF then the bolt al is withdrawn from the segment K to allow oi" swinging the lever D with a view to apply the brakes, aspreviously explained. I

lit is understood that the extension arm A I can he readily applied to the hand lever D claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Datent:

1. An extension arm for the brake device of automobiles and-the like, comprising an arm having an angular handle at one end and provided at its other end with clamping.

members for securing it to a brake lever, a hand lever pivoted intermediate of its ends to the handled end of the arm and extending along the side of the handle, a bell crank lever pivoted to the end of the arm having the clamping member, a link connecting one end of the hand lever with one memherof the hell crank leven-and. e spring for howing the hand lever away from the handle of the arm. Y

2. An extension arm for the brake lever of automobiles and the like, consisting of an arm having a handle at one end, means at its other end foreletachahly securing it to a brake lever, and a bearing intermediate of its ends, a hanol lever pivote& to the arm aolja'cent its handle, a bell crank lever mounted on the end of the arm opposite that ot the handle, a link assing through the beer austere ing of the arm and pivoted to the handl lever and hell crank lever, the link being providedl with a collar, and a spring on the link 15 BARTUN FISK GROUT.

Witnesses: i

A. 'W. KIMBALL, W. E. GROW. 

